Thanks for the reply George, Scratch directories are not a problem. I am able to set the workDir="C:\mywork". However, this is not generic enough. I've tried workDir="~/mywork", but that simply places a directory named "~" in CATALINA_HOME.
You suggest creating a CatalinaBase directory. And that makes sense to cover all the output (work, logs, etc). But the question remains; Can I set CATALINA_BASE to a generic location (such as the user home directory or the OS temp space)? Thanks in advance, Alex --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "George Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:24:46 -0700 Subject: RE: Tomcat running from CDROM Since the spec requires some directories (work, tmp) be writable this won't work. The best solution would be to create a stub "CatalinaBase" directory and put on the workstation in the temp directory, and then set CatalinaHome to the CDROM and run it that way. George Sexton MH Software, Inc. http://www.mhsoftware.com/ Voice: 303 438 9585 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alexander E Genaud > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:07 AM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Tomcat running from CDROM > > Hello, > > I am attempting to place a web application on a CDROM, > without requiring further installations by the end user. > Does anyone have experience doing this? > > I have been playing with Tomcat and Jetty, > but have been most satisfied with Tomcat. > > Is it possible to make Tomcat run readonly > (disable temporary files, scratch directories, or logs), > or to redirect those written files to the > operating system's default temp/scrath area? > > I have tried to create a Context, > but fail to understand where to put the Context node > (filename nor directory). > > Modifying the system.xml Host (line 216) was successful: > > ... > <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" > unpackWARs="true" or_rather_unpackWARs="false" > autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false" > workDir="myworkdir" or_workDir="C:\myworkdir"> > ... > > However, I would need to set something more generic > (for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows) > such as workDir="$SYSTEM_TEMP_DIR/myworkdir". > Is that possible? > I expect the same can be done for the Logger(s). > Is there anything else that gets written during runtime? > > Thanks in advance, > Alex > > Please send your reply to: > ( lx at pobox point com ) > > === > > For completeness and posterity: > > I've converted all JSP's to Servlets, > removed all but my webapp, balancer, and static pages, and > run Tomcat from an alternate JRE (rather than JDK) on disk. > > I have placed a Context in server.xml (line 144) to no effect: > > ... > <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0"> > <Context workDir="myworkdir" docBase="mywebapp" ></Context> > ... > > Anywhere else and Tomcat may fail to start. > > > > -- > Alex > -- > Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you > commit atrocities > -- François Marie Arouet (Voltaire) > http://cph.blogsome.com > http://genaud.org/alex/key.asc > -- > CCC7 D19D D107 F079 2F3D BF97 8443 DB5A 6DB8 9CE1 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
